US8590114B2 - Watch band and wristwatch - Google Patents

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US8590114B2
US8590114B2 US13/116,240 US201113116240A US8590114B2 US 8590114 B2 US8590114 B2 US 8590114B2 US 201113116240 A US201113116240 A US 201113116240A US 8590114 B2 US8590114 B2 US 8590114B2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/20—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts engaging holes or the like in strap
    • A44B11/24—Buckle with movable prong
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/006—Attachment of buckle to strap
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2143—Strap-attached folding lever
    • Y10T24/2155—Jewelry-watch straps
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40—Buckles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40—Buckles
    • Y10T24/4002—Harness
    • Y10T24/4028—Penetrating tongue
    • Y10T24/4037—Pivoted
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40—Buckles
    • Y10T24/4058—Penetrating prong
    • Y10T24/4065—Pivoted

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  • This invention relates to a watch band and a wristwatch with the watch band.
  • JP 2006-212107 discloses a watch band which includes a pair of band bodies attached to opposite sides of a watch case, a frame-shaped buckle having a pair of arms attached to an end of one of the band bodies so as to hold the band end therebetween, a pin extending from a midpoint of the band end to near a midpoint of a base portion of the buckle and a spring rod secured to the band end for attaching the buckle and the pin rotatably to the band end.
  • a roller is provided rotatably between the buckle arms.
  • the buckle and the pin are attached by the spring rod to the end of the one band body.
  • the arms of the frame-shaped buckle would collide with an object such as the ground, get a great shock from it, and are moved away from each other to come off from the spring rod although such event may not occur when the wristwatch case with the band bodies is dropped from a low height, for example, of about 1 m.
  • the present invention provides a watch band comprising a band body with a pair of spaced attaching parts, each having a through hole, provided at an end of the band body such that the through holes in the pair of attaching parts align with each other; a frame-shaped buckle having a pair of spaced arms disposed so as to hold the pair of attaching parts therebetween, the arms each having a through screw hole in an end portion of that arm with the through screw holes aligning with the through holes in the pair of attaching parts; an engaging member disposed between the pair of attaching parts, the engaging member protruding in the longitudinal direction of the band body, the engaging member having a though hole aligning with the through holes in the pair of attaching parts; a connection pipe inserted through the through holes in the pair of attaching parts and through the through holes in the engaging member for attaching the engaging member to the band body; and a pair of screws for attaching the buckle to the band body, each screw having a head exposed outside from a screw hole in an end portion of an associated one of the pair of arms
  • the present invention provides a watch band comprising a band body with a pair of spaced attaching parts, each having a through hole, provided at an end of the band body such that the through holes in the pair of attaching parts align with each other; a frame-shaped buckle having a pair of spaced arms disposed so as to hold the pair of attaching parts therebetween, the arms each having a through screw hole in an end portion of that arm with the through screw holes aligning with the through holes in the pair of attaching parts; an engaging member disposed between the pair of attaching parts, the engaging member protruding in the longitudinal direction of the band body, the engaging member having a though hole aligning with the through holes in the pair of attaching parts; a connection pipe inserted through the through holes in the pair of attaching parts and through the through holes in the engaging member for attaching the engaging member to the band body; and a pair of screws for attaching the buckle and the engaging member to the band body, each screw having a head exposed outside from a screw hole in an end portion of an associated one of
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a wristwatch of an embodiment 1 of this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the wristwatch of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a watch band provided on a 12 o'clock side of the wristwatch of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 4 is an explored perspective view of the band of FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view of an essential part of the watch band of FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view of an essential part of a wristwatch band, which is shown partially in cross section for an illustration purpose, for a wristwatch of an embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • the wristwatch 1 has a case 1 which encases a timepiece module 2 therein, which in turn comprises various parts necessary for performing the timepiece function such as rotating hands indicating time and a display which displays time.
  • the case 1 has a pair of button switches 3 on each of the 3 and 9 time o'clock sides of the case 1 .
  • the case 1 has a pair of band attaching parts 4 provided respectively on the 12 and 6 o'clock sides thereof to which a band 5 is attached at its respective ends to wear the wristwatch on a user's wrist.
  • the band 5 includes a band body 6 attached at one end 6 a (or an upper end in FIG. 1 ) to the attaching part 4 of the case 1 on the 6 o'clock side and a band body 7 attached at one end 7 a to the attaching part 4 of the case 1 on the 12 o'clock side.
  • the band bodies 6 and 7 are made of a plastic resin having a resiliency similar to that of rubber.
  • the band body 6 also has a row of pairs of engaged eyelets 6 c arranged longitudinally at equal intervals in a free (or lower) end portion 6 b thereof.
  • a pair of aligning attaching parts or sleeves 8 which are spaced by a distance S, are provided in aligning relationship at the other (or upper) end 7 b of the band body 7 distal from the case 1 so as to extend perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the band body 7 ( FIG. 5 ).
  • the total width L 1 of the pair of spaced attaching sleeves 8 and the space S present therebetween is smaller than the width L of the band body 7 b.
  • a frame- or U-shaped buckle 10 is attached to a distal end 7 b of the 12 o'clock side band body 7 .
  • the buckle 10 is made of a hard plastic resin or a metal such as stainless steel.
  • the buckle 10 includes a strip-like base part 10 a parallel to the band body end 7 b and somewhat wider than the width L of the band body end 7 b , and a pair of arms 10 b extending parallel toward the band end 7 b from both ends of the strip-like base part 10 a.
  • the pair of parallel engaging protrusions 14 are adapted to be received at their free ends in corresponding recesses 10 d provided on the buckle base 10 a so as not to rotate any longer and shake horizontally, or in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the band body 7 .
  • connection pipe 15 made of a metal such as stainless steel extending through the through holes 13 a and 8 a in the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 and the pair of spaced attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 , which hold the connection sleeve 13 therebetween and align with the connection sleeve 13 .
  • connection pipe 15 has a length substantially equal to or somewhat shorter than the total length L 1 of the pair of attaching sleeves 8 and a space between these attaching sleeves 8 such that the connection sleeve 15 does not protrude outside from any one of the both ends of the through holes 8 a in the pair of attaching sleeves 8 .
  • the head 16 a has a larger diameter than the male thread part 16 b so as not to protrude outside from the counterbore 11 a provided in the outside of the end portion of the associated arm 10 b when accommodated in the counterbore 11 a .
  • the male thread part 16 b is screwed into the screw hole 11 in the screw protrusion 10 c attached to the inside of the end portion of the associated arm 10 b .
  • the shank part 16 c has a diameter smaller than the male thread part 16 b and has an appropriate length to be inserted into the connection pipe 15 .
  • the shank part 16 c has a length sufficient to reach a nearer end of the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 within the connection pipe 15 when the male thread part 16 b is screwed fully into the screw protrusion 10 c provided on the inside of the end portion of the associated arm 10 b.
  • the buckle 10 is attached to the end 7 b of the band body 7 .
  • the respective screw protrusions 10 c provided on the insides of the pair of arms 10 b are disposed so as to hold the pair of attaching sleeves 8 therebetween in aligning relationship, thereby causing the screw hole 11 in the pair of screw protrusions 10 c and the through holes 8 a in the pair of attaching sleeves 8 to align with each other.
  • the screws 16 are inserted through the respective screw holes 11 in the end portions of the buckle arms 10 b and their screw protrusions 10 c into the connection pipe 15 from the respective outsides of the buckle arms 10 b and are tightened.
  • the shank parts 16 c of the screws 16 are inserted into the screw holes 11 in the end portions of the pair of arms 10 b of the buckle 10 from the respective outsides of the arms.
  • the inserted shank parts 16 c are further inserted into the connection pipe 15 from its opposite ends and the thread parts 16 b of the screws 16 are screwed into the screw holes 11 in the end portions of the arms 10 b.
  • the screws 16 are inserted sufficiently deeply into the connection pipe 15 from its opposite ends such that the screw shank parts 16 c reach the respective nearer ends of the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 .
  • the buckle 10 is attached rotatably to the pair of attaching sleeves 8 securely and stably by the screws 16 .
  • the 12 and 6 o'clock side band bodies 7 are attached to the respective opposite attaching parts 4 of the case 1 to allow same to be worn on the user's wrist.
  • the end portion 6 b of the 6 o'clock side band body 6 is inserted into the buckle 10 attached to the end 7 b of the 12 o'clock side band body 7 such that the pair of engaging protrusions 14 of the engaging member 12 are inserted into a pair of engaged eyelets selected from among the row of pairs of eyelets 6 c provided in the band body 6 .
  • the shank parts 16 c of the screws 16 are inserted rotatably in the connection pipe 15 with the thread parts 16 b of the screw 16 screwed into the screw holes 11 in the end portions of the arms 10 b of the buckle 10 .
  • the buckle 10 can rotate smoothly around the screw shank part 16 c without loosening the thread parts 16 b .
  • the end portion 6 b of the 6 o'clock side band body 6 can easily be inserted into the buckle 10 attached to the 12 o'clock side band body 7 , as requested.
  • the buckle 10 When the wristwatch with the band 5 is dropped inadvertently from a height such as, for example, about-10 m-high story of a building, the buckle 10 can collide with an object such as the ground and get a great shock. At this time, the pair of arms 10 b of the buckle 10 can be moved away from each other. Even in such a case, the buckle 10 does not slip off from the band body 7 because the shank parts 16 c of the screws 16 whose thread parts 16 b are screwed into the screwed holes 11 in the end portions of the arms 10 b of the buckle 10 are inserted sufficiently deeply in the connection part 15 from its opposite ends.
  • the screw shank parts 16 c have a length inserted sufficiently into the connection pipe 15 so as to reach a nearer end of the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 .
  • the screw shank parts 16 c do not slip off from the connection pipe 15 and hence the buckle 10 does not slip off from the band body 7 .
  • the pair of attaching sleeves 8 attached to the end 7 b of the 12 o'clock side band body 7 and the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 disposed between the pair of attaching sleeves 8 are connected by the connection pipe 15 .
  • the buckle 10 is then disposed such that its arms 10 b hold the pair of attaching sleeves 8 between the end portions thereof.
  • the thread parts 16 b of the screws 16 are screwed into the screw holes 11 in the end portions of the arms 10 b of the buckle 10 such that the screw shank parts 16 c are inserted deeply into the connection pipe 15 , thereby attaching the buckle 10 rotatably to the band body 7 .
  • the buckle 10 is prevented from slipping off from the band body 7 .
  • the screw shank parts 16 c are inserted into the connection pipe 15 so that the shank parts 16 c reach the respective nearer ends of the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 disposed between the pair of attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 .
  • the shank parts 16 c do not slip off the connection pipe 15 . Therefore, the buckle 10 is securely prevented from slipping off the band body 7 attached securely and stably to the band body 7 .
  • the screw shank parts 16 c are inserted within the connection pipe 15 .
  • the pair of attaching sleeves 8 are prevented from being worn away by the screw shank parts 16 c rotating along with the buckle 10 although the pair of attaching sleeves 8 are made of a flexible plastic resin.
  • the watch band is of high durability.
  • the screw shank parts 16 c are inserted rotatably within the connection pipe 15 .
  • the end portion 6 b of the 6 o'clock side band body 6 can be easily inserted into the buckle 10 attached to the 12 o'clock band body 7 by rotating the buckle 10 , as required.
  • the 6 o'clock side band end portion 6 b can be easily and well connected to the 12 o'clock side band body 7 , and will be a user-friendly watch band.
  • the buckle 10 has the pair of screw protrusions 10 c each provided on the inside of the end portion of an associated one of the arms 10 b and protruding to an associated one of the pair of attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 .
  • the pair of arms 10 b and the associated screw protrusions 10 c attached thereto have the screw hole 11 extending therethrough into which the thread parts 16 b of the screws 16 are screwed.
  • the thread parts 16 b are firmly screwed in opposite directions into the respective arms 10 b and screw protrusions 10 c of the buckle 10 and hence the buckle 10 is stably and firmly attached to the band body 7 by the screws 16 .
  • Each buckle arm 10 b has the counterbore 11 a , communicating and aligning with the screw hole 11 therein, on the outside thereof to receive the head 16 b of the screw 16 which is screwed into the screw holes 11 in the buckle arm and the female protrusion concerned.
  • the counterbore 11 a is sufficiently large to accommodate the head 16 a of the screw 16 therein such that when the thread part 16 b is screwed and tightened in the screw holes 11 in the associated arm and screw protrusion of the buckle 10 , the screw head 16 a does not protrude outside from its counterbore.
  • the screw heads 16 a do not directly get a great shock from collision with an object such as the ground due to dropping thereof. Therefore, the screws 16 is not free to rotate to loosen. Further, the screw heads 16 a do not protrude outside from the buckle 10 . Thus, the user can safely use the band which wears the watch on her wrist without allowing the screw heads 16 a to hit and damage objects and/or persons.
  • the wristwatch of this embodiment has the case 1 within which the timepiece module 2 is accommodated and the band 5 attached to the case.
  • the bands 5 can be easily attached to existing wrist watches and used well.
  • the band 5 has substantially the same structure as the embodiment 1 excluding that the buckle 10 and the engaging member 12 are attached to the band body 7 by a pair of screws 20 without using a connection pipe as shown by 15 in the embodiment 1.
  • the screws 20 are made of a metal such as stainless steel.
  • the screws 20 each include a head 20 a exposed outside of an associated one of the pair of arms 10 b of the buckle 10 , a thread part 20 b screwed into the screw holes 11 in the associated arm 10 b and its screw protrusion 10 c , and a shank part 20 c inserted through the through hole 8 a in an associated one of the pair of attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 and through the through hole 13 a in the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 .
  • the screw head 20 a has a larger diameter than the thread part 20 b and is disposed within the counterbore 11 a provided on the outside of the end portion of the associated one of the pair of buckle arms 10 b so as not to protrude outside from the arm 10 b .
  • the thread part 20 b is adapted to be screwed into the screw hole 11 in the screw protrusion 10 c provided on the associated arm 10 b .
  • the shank part 20 c has a smaller diameter than the thread part 20 b.
  • the shank parts each 20 c have a length reaching about a midpoint of the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 when the thread parts 20 b are screwed into the screw holes 11 in the arms 10 b and their screw protrusions 10 c .
  • the shank parts 20 c are inserted rotatably through the through holes 8 a in the attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 into the through hole 13 a in the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 , thereby attaching the buckle 10 and the engaging member 12 to the end 7 b of the band body 7 .
  • connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 is disposed between the pair of attaching parts or sleeves 8 of the band body 7 such that the respective through holes 8 a of the pair of attaching sleeves 8 align with the through hole 13 a in the connection sleeve 13 .
  • the buckle 10 is disposed at the end portion 7 b of the band body 7 such that the screw protrusions 10 c provided on the insides of the end portions of the pair of buckle arms 10 b hold the pair of attaching sleeves 8 therebetween in aligning relationship.
  • the screws 20 each are screwed from the outside of the associated arm 10 b of the buckle 10 into the screw holes 11 in the associated buckle arm 10 b and its screw protrusion 10 c.
  • the screw shank parts 20 c reach about a midpoint of the through hole 13 a in the connection sleeve 13 .
  • the screws 20 are inserted into the through hole 13 a in the connection sleeve 13 from the outside of the arms 10 b of the buckle 10 such that the respective shank parts 20 c do not contact each other at the midpoint of the through hole 13 a in the connection sleeve 13 .
  • the shanks 10 and the engaging member 12 are securely attached rotatably within the pair of attaching sleeves 8 by the pair of screws 20 .
  • the thread parts 20 b of the screws 20 are screwed into the screw holes 11 in the end portions of the buckle arms 10 b with the shank parts 20 c of the screws 20 inserted into the through holes 8 a of the attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 and the hole 13 a in the connection sleeve 13 , thereby attaching the buckle 10 and the engaging member 12 to the band body 7 .
  • the buckle 10 does not slip off from the band 7 even when getting a great shock from collision with an object such as the ground due to dropping thereof.
  • the screw shank parts 20 c has a length reaching about a midpoint of the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 disposed between the pair of attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 .
  • the shank parts 20 c do not slip off from the connection sleeve 13 . Therefore, the buckle 10 and the engaging member 12 are securely prevented from slipping off from the band body 7 and the buckle and the engaging member 12 are attached securely and stably to the band body 7 .
  • the shank parts 20 c of the screws 20 are inserted rotatably within the attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 and the connection sleeve 13 of the engaging member 12 with the thread parts 20 b of the screws 20 screwed into the screw holes 11 in the buckle arms 10 b and their screw protrusions 10 c .
  • the buckle 10 can rotate smoothly around the shank parts 20 c of the screws 20 along with the engaging member 12 without causing the thread parts 20 b to loosen, as required.
  • the watch band of the embodiment 1 comprises a band body ( 7 ) with a pair of spaced attaching parts ( 8 ), each having a through hole ( 8 a ), provided at an end of the band body such that the through holes in the pair of attaching parts align with each other; a frame-shaped buckle ( 10 ) having a pair of spaced arms ( 10 b ) disposed so as to hold the pair of attaching parts therebetween, the arms each having a through screw hole ( 11 ) in an end portion of that arm with the through screw holes aligning with the through holes in the pair of attaching parts; an engaging member ( 12 ) disposed between the pair of attaching parts, the engaging member protruding in the longitudinal direction of the band body, the engaging member having a though hole ( 13 a ) aligning with the through holes ( 8 a ) in the pair of attaching parts; a connection pipe ( 15 ) inserted through the through holes ( 8 a ) in the pair of attaching parts ( 8 ) and through
  • Each of the pair of arms of the buckle ( 10 ) has a counterbore ( 11 a ) on the outside of the end thereof in which the head ( 16 a , 20 a ) of the associated screw ( 16 , 20 ) is disposed.
  • a wristwatch ( FIGS. 1-5 ) comprises the wristwatch band ( 5 ) and a watch case ( 1 ) connected to the wristwatch band.
  • the engaging member 12 attached rotatably to the pair of attaching sleeves 8 of the band body 7 is illustrated as being Y-shaped or bifurcated from the connection sleeve 13 thereof, the engaging member 12 need not be Y-shaped or bifurcated. Instead, the connection sleeve 3 may have a single engaging protrusion extending therefrom toward the base part 10 a of the buckle 10 .

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